Archive for June, 2012

The video sharing habits of celebrities – Infographic

June 27, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

The infographic was created by Vodio, a video recommendation and discovery app for the iPad, to mark the launch of several celebrity channels.

Video games : An industry in transition – Infographic

June 26, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

How much data is generated every minute? Infographic

June 26, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Business intelligence company DOMO paired up with Column Five Media to create this infographic, which shows just how much data is generated every minute.

Facebook’s new mobile feature for finding people around you: Find Friends Nearby

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Facebook  |  No Comments

A mobile Facebook feature called Find Friends Nearby, previously code-named Friendshake, is coming out of development and will soon be on its way to your iOS or Android phone. Perhaps springing from the social network's acquisition of ambient social app Glancee, it's still fairly primitive, merely navigating to a browser page on your device, where it will show you a list of other users within a given, undisclosed radius. Friendshake uses your phone's GPS to find the people around you on Facebook and easily add them as "Friends." If you go to http://fb.com/ffn from your phone's browser and log in

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With Nclaves monitor family health from anywhere in the World

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Sites  |  No Comments

Kiran Kundagi worried about his mother, who was half a world away and sick with cancer. A former employee of Intel with a master’s in computer science, Kundagi thought it would be great to monitor her health and treatment every day online. He created Nclaves, a website that lets patients and their family members monitor their health online and share that information within small, controlled networks. Personal details about illness are not typically something people want to post on Facebook. With Nclaves, users can set up a medical schedule for a loved one and share it with family members taking care

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Track real-time train running information on mobile phone, by sending a sms

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  India  |  No Comments

A joint team of railways and IIT-Kanpur has developed a technology - the real-time train running information system - which enables a mobile user to access information about the exact location of a train. To know the information of any running train one has to type the train number and SMS it to 09415139139 or 09664139139 for knowing the exact location of a train on real-time basis, a Railway Ministry official said as reported by NDTV. The service is currently available for 36 pairs of premier trains, including Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto. "Not all premier trains are covered yet. Some of the

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Inside the mind of a freelancer – Infographic

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Folks at JESS3 teamed up with 24 Seven to create this infographic that rounds up the opinions of freelancers who participated in their 2012 Salary Survey & Job Market Report. Overall, freelancers seem pretty happy with the career move.

Are people sharing too much online – Infographic

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

The Internet learning portal Online-Education.net recently culled research and reports from a variety of sources to produce the infographic below taking a look at just how much people share online — and whether that crosses the line of good judgement.

Why does McDonald’s food look different in the advertising than what is in the store – Video

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

In a video that is going viral on YouTube, director of marketing for McDonald’s Canada, Hope Bagozzi, addressed the question directly - “Why does your food look different in the advertising than what is in the store?” Behind the scenes at a McDonald's photo shoot

Korean band 2NE1 dominates social at Cannes Lions – Infogrpahic

June 25, 2012 |  by  |  Cool Stuff  |  No Comments

Korean band 2NE1 entertained the crowd and the Twittersphere with its unique pop/hip-hop beats. The performance of their hit song “Can’t Nobody” launched the “2NE1? keyword to the top of Cannes social buzz, where it earned nearly 3,000 mentions.

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